Friday Funnies, via the UN
I just couldn't bear to post this at my climate site, which I really try to keep science-based. Since this doesn't have even a sniff of science to it, I will post it here for your entertainment: According to the UN, Global Warming Causes Prostitution
The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.
Suneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), said women in the Philippines are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the country.
"Climate change could reduce income from farming and fishing, possibly driving some women into sex work and thereby increase HIV infection," Mukherjee said during the Wednesday launch of the UNFPA annual State of World Population Report in Pasay City.
